In a sad and disturbing story, CNN and the Associated Press reported about Shylea Myza Thomas, a 9-year-old quadriplegic child, whose body was found Thursday in a “black trash bag, stuffed into a plastic bin with mothballs and locked in a storage unit” in Michigan. Another report indicates that Lorrie M. Thomas, Shylea’s 39-year-old adoptive mother (and also her aunt), has been taken into custody while charges against her are weighed by authorities. Court documents, which were filed to take custody of seven other children in the home, also identified a 39-year-old as Lorrie Thomas of Flint.
Apparently, Shylea Thomas had been pulled out of school way back in January of this year, and her relatives indicated that they hadn’t seen her in six weeks (a neighbor didn’t even know she lived at the home). Authorities have speculated that the mothballs found with the body were put there “in an apparent attempt to mask odors from the dead body”. Also, Lorrie Thomas had repeatedly told authorities that Shylea “was out of state”. Still, authorities are waiting on the results of an autopsy before they move forward with any charges.
We’ll keep you posted on further developments in the case.
“‘Before I charge somebody with a crime of this magnitude, I want to be sure. There’s more information I would like to have to help me make a decision,’ by Friday, the prosecutor said.”
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